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"What do you mean?"

Reinhardt frowned.

"What else do you mean... You're all alone. Me, Shuk, Christopher... we all followed you here, and now we're all going to die here because of one sentence from you. How could you do this to us!?"

"Uh...huh?"

Reinhardt belatedly realized that while he was indeed fearless in sacrificing himself, it seemed somewhat inappropriate that his teammates had been killed by him without explanation.

Ella, looking down at the two whispering, found it inexplicably amusing and didn't rush to interrupt.

With her keen senses, she could naturally hear whispers of this magnitude perfectly clearly.

Reinhardt seemed to have a sudden realization. After considering it for a moment, he struggled to raise his head and said to Ella as if he had made up his mind, "...Then please let my teammates leave. I can stay here..."

"Are you stupid!?"

His teammate finally couldn't hold back anymore, his voice almost breaking, "Are you crazy? You're actually negotiating with her?! We'll just do whatever she says!..."

"But……"

"But what? We need to survive first before we can find a way out!"

Reinhardt's expression changed several times, revealing that he was going through a great internal struggle.

After a short while, he finally stubbornly chose to remain silent, kneeling on the spot without uttering a word.

"So, have you finished discussing your little topic?"

Seeing this, Ella chuckled and asked.

Reinhardt remained silent, but his teammate beside him couldn't help but speak up, "We've said everything, we've said everything. This... Your Majesty, please have mercy. We are just ordinary knights who came out to patrol on the Queen's orders. If you spare our lives, I promise we will never reveal what happened here to anyone."

"Really."

Ella's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and her long eyelashes exuded a foxy charm.

"But it seems your captain doesn't have that idea."

"team leader!"

The knight quickly patted Reinhardt on the back.

"I……"

Reinhardt swallowed.

With a gentle wave of her hand, Ella's servants roughly grabbed the two knights beside Reinhardt and dragged them out the door.

"team leader!!!"

"team leader!!??"

The two knights cried out in terror. Reinhardt's lips twitched, but he couldn't help but speak up, "Stop!"

Ella lowered her hand, and the servants stopped dragging the two unfortunate men.

She looked at Reinhardt, a mischievous smile playing on her lips, as if waiting for his answer.

“I…I promise I won’t tell anyone what happened today…Please spare my companion,” Reinhardt said in a deep voice.

"It's hard to be convincing just by saying it."

Unexpectedly, Ella pouted.

"Then... what do you want?"

Ella smiled gently and stretched out her fair little hand.

A drop of jet-black liquid emerged from her delicate, snow-white fingertips, as smooth as scallion roots.

The droplet of liquid fell to the ground, twisting and writhing, transforming into a ball of pitch-black tentacles that climbed up Reinhardt's arm and shoulder.

Reinhardt felt uneasy, but ultimately didn't dare to abandon him.

"Open your mouth."

"Ella said softly."

"……what?"

Before Reinhardt could react, Oz grabbed Reinhardt's chin with his large hand and forcibly pulled him away.

"Huh!?..."

Reinhardt tried to struggle, but to no avail. The dark, tentacled mass poured into his mouth, stretching his entire face out of shape.

A churning sensation ran through his stomach, and Reinhardt collapsed onto the ground, writhing in agony, his heart breaking.

The two teammates standing nearby turned pale upon seeing this, their legs trembling with fear.

But they clearly couldn't escape this fate either.

The silver-haired girl dripped two more tentacles onto the ground. Faced with death and the strange, dark object before them, the two knights ultimately chose to swallow it.

Chapter 199 The Habit of Evil Service

The tentacle dumplings do not have the ability to control Reinhardt's will, but they can act as surveillance, nipping Reinhardt in the bud when he tries to reveal information he shouldn't.

However, Ella's previous concern was that Reinhardt would rather die than not reveal the truth. They had been to Marquis Mocardod's mansion, and even if Reinhardt died without saying anything, it would still prove that the Marquis was suspicious.

Even now, Ella can't be sure that Reinhardt might suddenly lose his temper.

We need an extra layer of insurance... but not just from Reinhardt's perspective. This guy seems unusually stubborn, and putting more effort into him would probably be pointless.

Ella pondered for a moment and soon came up with an idea.

"Alright, let them get up."

At a command, the Revelation believers released the shoulders of the three knights, but the three did not dare to stand up directly and remained kneeling nervously on the ground.

Ella opened the system panel and secretly sent a message.

The message first reached Li Cheng, and then Li Cheng forwarded it to Oz.

Reinhardt was unaware that Ella had indirectly communicated with Oz, who quietly walked to the side and took out a recording crystal from his pocket.

Seeing Reinhardt's lowered head, Ai stretched out her small foot and mockingly hooked the other's chin with the tip of her little leather shoe.

"What...do you want to do next?"

Reinhardt was filled with resentment, but with his chin pressed against the small tip of the shoe, he dared not make the slightest move.

"Take an oath."

Ella smiled and withdrew her foot, a sly glint in her eyes. "Since we're going to make a verbal promise, it's best to be more formal."

"..."

Reinhardt remained frozen in his head-up position, clenching his fists involuntarily. "I swear in the name of the goddess..."

"Don't bring up the title of a mere lower-ranking deity to lower my status."

Ella rested her chin on her hand and yawned. "I want you to swear your loyalty to me."

"That's absolutely impossible!..."

Before Reinhardt could finish speaking, Ella snapped her fingers, and his two companions immediately clutched their stomachs and rolled on the ground in pain.

"what!!!"

"Ouch!!! I'm going to die!!"

"Ah!!! Just listen to what she has to say!!! It's just a few words! It won't cause any harm!!!"

Reinhardt was shaken once again by his teammates' screams.

In his heart, taking an oath was a sacred thing, but now, for the sake of his comrades' lives, he seemed to have no choice but to cross his own bottom line again.

Left with no other choice, he could only lower his stubborn head once again and speak softly.

“I… Reinhardt…”

"I can't hear you."

Ella's face turned cold, and she waved her hand, while the cries of her companions on both sides grew even more pitiful.

"If you haven't eaten enough, I'll allow you to go have afternoon tea before coming back... but it's a pity your two little friends might have stomach problems for a while."

"Me!!! Reinhardt!!!"

Reinhardt practically roared, his handsome face flushed red from barely containing his anger.

"I hereby swear! I dedicate everything to Lady Ella Heville, the Holy Maiden of Light!!!"

"It's so brief, it feels very perfunctory."

Ella admired her little hand resting on her cheek.

"Ah!!! Tell me more!!! Tell me more, Captain!!!"

"Me!!! Reinhardt!!!..."

Reinhardt repeated it several times, and with each repetition, he felt as if something inside him was breaking apart a little more.

Only when Reinhardt was hoarse from shouting like a victim of a pyramid scheme at a morning meeting did Ella finally reveal a playful smile.

"Alright, I'll assume you've passed for now."

"The power of a vow is sacred. I hope you remember what you said today."

Reinhardt braced himself on the ground with one hand and covered his throat with the other, feeling as if his vocal cords were being stabbed.

What a wicked witch... Does she treat humans like toys...?

Reinhardt felt a wave of weariness wash over him. Although it seemed he and his companions had survived the day, he felt as if something important had been taken away from him by the witch.

With Ella's permission, the three of them rose unsteadily and left the study.

Even with such a commotion upstairs, and with the soundproofing array in place, the other knight squad members downstairs remained completely unaware of it.

They waited in the lobby on the first floor and saw their captain walk back looking dejected and exhausted. They couldn't help but ask him what was wrong with him.

"Captain? What... happened?"

Reinhardt opened his mouth, but his hand involuntarily touched his throat.

The lingering slimy sensation from swallowing the tentacles caused him a momentary physical discomfort.

"No...nothing."

"It's also not good to act strangely and arouse suspicion."

A gentle voice sounded in his ear, like a dreamlike murmur.

But the sweet tone that was so familiar it was almost etched into his bones made Reinhardt tremble and suddenly raise his head.

A sense of dread crept up his spine. He looked around, but all he could see were his teammates, staring at him with bewildered expressions.

"team leader?"

A bead of cold sweat immediately appeared on his forehead. He forced himself to stay awake and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"It's alright... hurry up and call it a day, we have another marquis to visit this afternoon..."

"But you look too..."

The knight who asked the question frowned.

"I told you I'm fine!!!"

Perhaps because Reinhardt rarely showed such anger, his teammates were stunned for a moment.

"Stop dawdling and get on your horses already, okay?!"

Reinhardt offered no further explanation and walked straight towards the door.

"What's going on all of a sudden..."

The knight behind him couldn't help but whisper to another companion, "The captain is like a completely different person..."

"I do not know either."

The knight who had once shared the study with Reinhardt spoke tremblingly.

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